After some rain, the river came way up. Here’s how we end a day of working on canoe skills in the summer. #FullTangLifestyle

On rainy mornings at the field school we almost always practice wet weather fire skills. #FullTangLifestyle

So many uses for an axe. We recently used one to cut up some meat. #FullTangLifestyle

How big does a bow drill need to be? Jessie makes a mini bowdrill to find out. #FullTangLifestyle

The final video from our 2024 canoe expedition on Quebec’s Bonaventure river. Check out Hobo Camp 2024 and watch as we paddle the lower river, taking out in the salt water. It was a fantastic trip with challenging water and great friends. #FullTangLifestyle

Part 4 of our 2024 canoe expedition on Quebec’s Bonaventure river. In this video we line our canoes over the ledges in Kicking Horse Pass and run the section just below. #FullTangLifestyle

Part three of the video series from our June, 2024 canoe expedition on Quebec’s Bonaventure River. #FullTangLifestyle

The heat wave broke and we’re at the end of week one of the summer, 2024 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. We spent the afternoon on Squapan lake doing an introduction to canoes and paddling and covered about 4 miles. Overall it was a solid week. Eight weeks to go to get people to the finish line. [...]

For episode 125 of the JMB Podcast I was joined by Jesse Grindler. Jesse is a JMBS alum, owner of Wise Oak Wilderness in Montreal, and recently joined us on our Bonaventure River canoe expedition. We discuss the Bonaventure trip, then we learn about the business Jesse recently started called Wise Oak Wilderness, offering a [...]

Week one of the summer, 2024 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester and we’ve got a heatwave sitting over us. With the heat index over 100 degrees F, we’ve moved class down to the river to intersperse coursework with dips in the river to keep us cool. #FullTangLifestyle

We’re in the middle of week one on the summer, 2024 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester and we’ve got a heat wave sitting over us. We’ve begun our coursework on understanding the weather and are currently looking at the impacts of weather on human behavior and energy levels. Yesterday the temperature was around 95 degrees F. Today [...]

Part 2 from our recent canoe expedition on the Bonaventure river on the Gaspé peninsula in Quebec. #FullTangLifestyle

Episode 124 of the JMB Podcast is about training people for solo wilderness canoe expeditions. We discuss the skills needed to do it safely, and talk about a September 2024 course designed to give people the skills and confidence to pull it off. Read more about the course discussed on the Solo Expedition Canoe Course [...]

Part 1 from our recent canoe expedition on the Bonaventure river in Quebec. #FullTangLifestyle

Part five of the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester in 2024. #FullTangLifestyle

We had a fantastic week canoeing the Bonaventure river in Quebec. The upper river was very low, but thanks to an overnight rain the water level came up and was pretty close to perfect. Although we came close a few times, our crew didn’t dump any boats. I’ve got a bunch of videos to edit, [...]

During rush hour some of our highly traveled routes sometimes experience traffic jams. #FullTangLifestyle

After wrapping up the 2024 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester (WCES) a few days ago and a few days of rest and office work, I’m getting gear and a menu ready for next week’s trip to Quebec to run the Bonaventure River. I’ve been up there a few times, and it’s a real stunner of a [...]

Part four of our trips on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester in 2024. #FullTangLifestyle

Part three of our trips on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester in 2024. #FullTangLifestyle

Part two of our trips on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester in 2024. #FullTangLifestyle

Part one of our trips on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester in 2024. #FullTangLifestyle

I heard from an old friend and fellow Maine guide last night. He is reading The Last Guide by Ron Corbett, a book about the last of the old-time fishing guides in Algonquin Park in Ontario. He was taken with the author’s ideas on the motivation to be a guide. Seen from a different perspective, [...]